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E. HALL COVE-L, OF NEW YORK, N. Y. Letters Patent in. 70,808, datedNovember 12, 1867.

IMPROVED CLOTHESWRINGER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, E. HALL OovEL, of the city of New York, in the Stateof New York, have invented a certain new and improved Olothes-Wringerand Mangle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andmarks thereon.

This invention relates to a new and improved method of constructingclothes-wringcrs, whereby they are not only greatly simplified in theirconstruction, but are so arranged that cylinders or rollers for manglingcan readily be substituted for the wringing-rollers and the inventionconsists in the manner in which the pressure is imparted to the rollers,or in the double pressing levers, and the manner of their constructionand application, and also in the method of attachingthe wringer to thetub, and in the general construction and arrangement of parts, as willbe hereinafter more fully described. The drawings forming part of thespecification show a wringer constructed under my invention, in which-Figure 1 represents a front or side elevation of the machine.

Figure 2 is an end elevation.

Figure 3 is a view in detail, showing the end and joilrnal of one of therollers, with a section of one of the levels and the form of thebox, thewhole being on an enlarged scale. I

Figure 5 is a detached sectional view of the box on the ends of thelevers, forming a part or end of the levers, the section being throughthe line a: x of fig. 3.

In all the figures similar letters refer to corresponding parts.

A indicates the standards, which are double slotted, as seen in thedrawing, for the admission of the journals of the rollers and boxes onthe levers. Bis the upper roller, and with simple journals at each end.C is the lower roller, with journals at the ends, one of which journalsextends through the standard, upon the end of which there is a crank, D,by which the machine is operated. The. lower ends of the standards A aremade in the form of a vise; with a jaw, E, and screw and nut F, as seenin fig. 2, for clamping .the machine to the tub.

G indicates the screw and nut; H H the levers, which are connectedtogether by pivot-joints at J J, which joints form the fulcrum of thelevers. 4 The boxes are cast or formed on the ends of the levers, makingin fact a part thereof, and being applied to the journals on their upperand lower sides respectively, as seen in fig. 2.

- It will be understood that pressure imparted by the spiral spring K,will force the opposite ends of the lever toward each other, andconsequently press the rollers together with a force proportioned to thelength of' the levers, or the purchase obtained thereby. K is the spiralspring around the screw G, the tension and force of which are exertedbetween the levers. The cloth passing between the rollers is indicatedby red lines. LL indicate caps on the top of the standards A A, tosupport the slotted ends. The levers H H may be made sufficientlyelastic to afford relief to the rollers when required, or, in otherwords, to act as springs on the rollers if desired. By imparting thepressure on the rollers by levers and a single spring or springs, at onepoint in this form of levers, the pressure must be equal on the ends,thus obviating one serious objection to the ordinary wringer and mangle,but unequal pressure on the ends of the rollers is provided for in thepeculiar form of the. box N, the bearing being conical, as seen in fig.5, thus allowing the journal to rock or tilt in the box withoutdisturbing the levers or altering their action.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The double slotted standards A A, incombination with the conical box N and levers H H, substantially as andfor the purposes herein recited.

2. The double bail or semicircular levers H H, jointed together, andforming thereby a fulcrum for each other, with the boxes N attachedthereto or cast thereon, and having the springs and adjustable nut onthe ends, as and for the purposes described.

This specification signed this 26th day of October, 1867."-

E. HALL OOVEL.

Witnesses Tnos. T. EVERETT, T. SMITH.

